José Mourinho: Paul Pogba back but not under pressure

Pogba was left out of United’s squad against Huddersfield on SaturdayCATHERINE IVILL/GETTY IMAGES

Paul Pogba has returned to the squad before Manchester United’s most important fixture of the season but José Mourinho said that it would be “unfair” to suggest that the £89 million midfielder should shoulder the burden of the team’s pursuit of a place in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Pogba may have returned to the fold for the last-16 tie against Seville at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, but the feeling that there is tension between the Frenchman and his manager has not.

Three days after Mourinho said that he did not “care” why Pogba had called in sick on the morning of the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Huddersfield Town, Pogba played a full part in training.

Mourinho extended the section of training that was…

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